Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2011

State or jurisdiction

Fall 1970

Fall 1980

Fall 1990

Fall 2000

Fall 2006

Fall 2007

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Percent change, 2006 to 2011

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

United States

6,428,134

9,457,394

10,844,717

11,752,786

13,180,133

13,490,780

13,972,153

14,810,642

15,142,809

15,110,196

14.6

Alabama

87,884

143,674

195,939

207,435

230,668

237,632

245,040

260,277

267,083

260,523

12.9

Alaska

8,563

20,561

27,792

26,559

28,595

29,381

29,167

30,493

32,303

32,158

12.5

Arizona

107,315

194,034

248,213

284,522

331,441

332,154

331,310

350,435

366,976

366,116

10.5

Arkansas

43,599

66,068

78,645

101,775

131,407

135,525

140,706

149,474

155,780

158,760

20.8

California

1,123,529

1,599,838

1,594,710

1,927,771

2,047,565

2,136,087

2,239,487

2,289,470

2,223,648

2,178,629

6.4

Colorado

108,562

145,598

200,653

217,897

231,901

227,984

235,265

255,438

269,407

269,298

16.1

Connecticut

73,391

97,788

109,556

101,027

112,476

114,072

118,694

123,211

127,194

126,487

12.5

Delaware

21,151

28,325

34,252

34,194

38,118

39,092

38,952

40,428

40,408

40,698

6.8

District of Columbia

12,194

13,900

11,990

5,499

5,769

5,608

5,584

5,253

5,840

5,280

-8.5

Florida

189,450

334,349

489,081

556,912

651,908

683,328

709,593

759,479

790,027

803,200

23.2

Georgia

101,900

140,158

196,413

271,755

346,138

359,883

376,468

418,037

436,109

428,708

23.9

Hawaii

32,963

43,269

45,728

44,579

49,990

50,454

53,526

57,945

60,090

60,330

20.7

Idaho

27,072

34,491

41,315

53,751

59,211

60,526

61,190

63,261

64,204

65,753

11.0

Illinois

315,634

491,274

551,333

534,155

552,777

550,940

560,411

588,741

585,515

577,043

4.4

Indiana

136,739

189,224

223,953

240,023

271,704

278,951

296,950

325,072

337,705

340,264

25.2

Iowa

68,390

97,454

117,834

135,008

151,052

154,644

157,019

170,870

177,781

178,491

18.2

Kansas

88,215

121,987

149,117

159,976

170,531

170,054

172,640

182,736

185,623

186,475

9.3

Kentucky

77,240

114,884

147,095

151,973

204,198

211,234

208,970

221,508

229,725

233,427

14.3

Louisiana

101,127

136,703

158,290

189,213

192,554

193,316

203,098

215,511

224,811

225,210

17.0

Maine

25,405

31,878

41,500

40,662

47,770

48,357

48,191

49,668

51,482

50,253

5.2

Maryland

118,988

195,051

220,783

223,797

260,921

269,719

280,603

298,185

309,779

314,383

20.5

Massachusetts

116,127

183,765

186,035

183,248

192,164

198,700

205,820

218,999

224,493

227,005

18.1

Michigan

339,625

454,147

487,359

467,861

511,776

519,449

528,040

553,022

562,444

554,741

8.4

Minnesota

130,567

162,379

199,211

218,617

244,106

250,397

256,633

270,336

276,176

274,192

12.3

Mississippi

64,968

90,661

109,038

125,355

136,626

139,931

144,224

155,517

159,695

160,611

17.6

Missouri

132,540

165,179

200,093

201,509

218,475

223,155

228,737

245,568

256,119

260,585

19.3

Montana

27,287

31,178

31,865

37,387

42,995

42,857

43,565

46,653

48,261

48,912

13.8

Nebraska

51,454

73,509

94,614

88,531

94,486

96,680

99,593

104,149

107,980

106,794

13.0

Nevada

13,576

40,280

61,242

83,120

101,856

104,797

108,559

112,397

113,103

105,048

3.1

New Hampshire

15,979

24,119

32,163

35,870

41,530

41,982

42,192

43,507

44,072

43,333

4.3

New Jersey

145,373

247,028

261,601

266,921

308,374

318,296

328,838

348,934

358,256

359,458

16.6

New Mexico

40,795

55,077

83,403

101,450

121,668

124,773

132,983

143,101

150,856

146,515

20.4

New York

449,437

563,251

616,884

583,417

635,785

652,428

675,892

712,466

723,500

731,914

15.1

North Carolina

123,761

228,154

285,405

329,422

406,068

410,746

434,976

470,239

475,598

470,989

16.0

North Dakota

30,192

31,709

34,690

36,014

42,949

43,016

44,268

46,727

48,904

48,868

13.8

Ohio

281,099

381,765

427,613

411,161

452,962

460,240

475,521

522,002

547,551

542,774

19.8

Oklahoma

91,438

137,188

151,073

153,699

178,015

177,643

178,253

189,953

197,642

197,373

10.9

Oregon

108,483

140,102

144,427

154,756

160,059

165,260

181,515

201,246

208,002

215,466

34.6

Pennsylvania

232,982

292,499

343,478

339,229

388,251

396,774

404,976

425,979

432,889

428,269

10.3

Rhode Island

25,527

35,052

42,350

38,458

40,374

41,503

42,601

43,409

43,224

43,254

7.1

South Carolina

47,101

107,683

131,134

155,519

176,415

180,479

187,253

200,204

205,080

208,302

18.1

South Dakota

23,936

24,328

26,596

34,857

38,028

38,917

39,743

41,674

44,569

43,729

15.0

Tennessee

98,897

156,835

175,049

202,530

205,056

208,524

214,140

231,741

242,486

241,917

18.0

Texas

365,522

613,552

802,314

896,534

1,094,139

1,109,666

1,163,132

1,258,841

1,334,885

1,367,005

24.9

Utah

49,588

59,598

86,108

123,046

148,228

147,982

158,037

170,921

178,599

179,208

20.9

Vermont

12,536

17,984

20,910

20,021

24,385

24,829

25,552

27,028

27,524

27,132

11.3

Virginia

123,279

246,500

291,286

313,780

357,823

370,486

383,121

401,093

409,004

413,761

15.6

Washington

162,718

276,028

227,632

273,928

297,048

301,793

312,071

328,391

330,874

317,066

6.7

West Virginia

51,363

71,228

74,108

76,136

86,501

87,838

88,695

94,533

96,104

95,634

10.6

Wisconsin

170,374

235,179

253,529

249,737

272,246

273,708

280,394

295,090

301,212

296,795

9.0

Wyoming

15,220

21,121

30,623

28,715

32,860

33,705

34,426

35,682

36,292

36,368

10.7

U.S. Service Academies1

17,079

49,808

48,692

13,475

12,191

15,285

15,539

15,748

15,925

15,692

28.7

Other jurisdictions

46,680

60,692

66,244

84,464

80,685

80,958

82,424

87,030

83,719

78,928

-2.2

American Samoa

0

976

1,219

297

1,607

1,767

1,806

2,189

2,193

2,091

30.1

Federated States of Micronesia

0

224

975

1,576

2,539

2,379

2,457

3,401

2,699

2,915

14.8

Guam

2,719

3,217

4,741

5,215

5,603

5,077

5,202

5,661

6,103

6,274

12.0

Marshall Islands

0

0

0

328

647

557

689

847

869

989

52.9

Northern Marianas

0

0

661

1,078

968

901

791

989

1,137

1,046

8.1

Palau

0

0

491

581

679

668

502

651

694

742

9.3

Puerto Rico

42,516

54,127

55,691

73,121

66,154

67,225

68,584

70,690

67,291

62,257

-5.9

U.S. Virgin Islands

1,445

2,148

2,466

2,268

2,488

2,384

2,393

2,602

2,733

2,614

5.1

1 Data for 2000 and later years reflect a substantial reduction in the number of Department of Defense institutions included in the IPEDS survey.

NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees.